Secure client connection fails using Postfix/Dovecot guide
Note, I do see this in my logs when I last failed to connect from Thunderbird:
Dec 1 22:12:08
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1. Reconfigured dovecot's 20-imap.conf file to turn on the Thunderbird workaround tb-extra-mailbox-sep
2. Turned off OCSP under thunderbird's Advanced->Validation settings
3. Used settings similar to these:
IMAP server: mail.somedomain.com
Port: 993
Security: SSL/TLS
Authentication Method: normal password
Username:
SMTP server: mail.somedomain.com
Port: 587
Security: STARTTLS
Authentication Method: normal password
Username:
Note, do NOT try to test or retest your settings! Just go straight to 'Done'. You'll get a prompt to ignore the cert (heart of the problem?).